i am planning on buying an internal hard drive, get an enclosure and use this to store all the movies that are already filling up my stock 80G HDD in my macbook. I went online and i have picked (because of the price)two HDD. one is a MAXTOR 200 GB 7200 Rpm and the other one is a WESTERN DIGITAL 200 GB 7200 Rpm, so they are pretty much exactly the same thing right? they are both going for 79 CAD, i will be purchasing this weekend... which one would you guys recommend?
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what do you guys think?Western digital or Maxtor
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Maxtor, as they're now owned by Seagate. I don't know if they have the same warranty, but they're reliable.
I've found throughout my history of dealing with hard drives (my first was 174 MB), and all the people I've talked to, it comes down to what brand works for you... I doubt there's any reason for it, but...
I personally have never had a Seagate or Maxtor die on me... I've had about 2 or 3 dead Western Digitals, my only fujitsu died, etc... etc... Yet others I've talked to have lost all their maxtors and/or seagates, but have never had a WD die... Seriously... its all about what brand you get along with... As long as its got the specs (7200rpm+, good read/write speeds, buffer size), get whatever is cheapest until you get that 'groove' with your brand
I personally have never had a Seagate or Maxtor die on me... I've had about 2 or 3 dead Western Digitals, my only fujitsu died, etc... etc... Yet others I've talked to have lost all their maxtors and/or seagates, but have never had a WD die... Seriously... its all about what brand you get along with... As long as its got the specs (7200rpm+, good read/write speeds, buffer size), get whatever is cheapest until you get that 'groove' with your brand
I've had one Maxtor die on me, but that was in an enclosure and I probably didn't treat it well enough. I'm a big fan of Maxtor and (lately) Seagate. Quantum before that, but they were bought by Maxtor.
I've had a couple of WD harddisks die, but that's a long time ago. Still, I don't trust them anymore.
I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon, but I have had (and still have) three Seagate 200Gb Barracuda drives that I use for storage and other unsavory activities, and it's going on four years now and haven't had a problem with any of them.
Seagate or anything owned by Seagate.
I agree, I have had nothing but great experiences with Seagate HDDs.
Personally I would just go pricewise, or if they are similarly tagged.. then I would flip a coin. You will probably get a lot of responses between both brands and just like what the other said, it's all personal preference and experience. Good luck!
Well, unless we have any reliable failure rates, this thread is useless.
Just buy whichever one is cheaper at the same feature set.
Just buy whichever one is cheaper at the same feature set.
A couple months back, I did a google search on 'hard disk reliability', or something similar. I found a site that actually showed performance and failure rates for all of the various manufactures. It was even broken out by type and comparable sizes. Very informative.
I've never had any problems with any of my Seagate or Western Digital drives.
Currently my Mac Pro has 4x Western Digital drives. They've all been fast, quiet, and reliable.
Basically, when it comes to Seagate and Western Digital, I just get whatever is the best deal.
Also, at the time I bought two of my WD drives for my Mac Pro, their RE2 "Near-Line" Enterprise drives were faster than anything Seagate offered. That might have changed in the past eight months.
Currently my Mac Pro has 4x Western Digital drives. They've all been fast, quiet, and reliable.
Basically, when it comes to Seagate and Western Digital, I just get whatever is the best deal.
Also, at the time I bought two of my WD drives for my Mac Pro, their RE2 "Near-Line" Enterprise drives were faster than anything Seagate offered. That might have changed in the past eight months.
Finally, a voice of reason! Just because someone has had good luck with one brand or another doesn't mean it's the best. Were talking about hundreds of thousands of drives that are sold per quarter. If you were to take your measly success and ran a statistic, it wouldn't amount to anything. For everyone who says they have had good luck with Seagate, you can find an equal number of people who can say the same thing about WD or any other manufacturer. For what it's worth, I've had more failures with Seagate than any other brand. Right now I'm on WD, but that's because I got a good deal!
Buy accord to price and features and cross your fingers. Your BEST way to insure you don't have a hard drive failure it to have backup drives for WHEN you do have failure.
My list is very similar too. I know Seagate owns Maxtor now but I still don't like Maxtors.
Between WD and Maxtor, I would still prefer WD.